My kids just moved up from learning baseball to ‘real baseball’ in Little League. We are keeping score and the competitive juices are flowing. I figured it was time to get them a real baseball glove. I got them a new 44 Glove and they are pumped about it. However they soon found out the … Read more
Baseball tends to get a bad wrap from time to time, particularly amongst people that have never played or watched the game as not being fun. The truth is, if you speak to people that have played baseball or kids that currently play, they likely tell you it is one of the funniest sports. So … Read more
The All-Star game is right around the corner and as the votes come in, baseball fans are angered and upset with some of the results. If the All-Star Game was today, The AL team is as follows: C- Sal Perez 1B- Eric Hosmer 2B- Omar Infante SS- Alcides Escobar 3B- Mike Moustakas OF- Alex Gordon … Read more
Mike Trout – With Spring Training approaching the half-way mark, Mike Trout is currently hitting an incredible .556 AVG. Trout weighed in at Spring Training at a thunderous 239 Lbs. Trout’s Stolen Bases have decreased in each major league season from 49 to 33 to 16 with his attempts following that same declining trend of … Read more
Lawrence “Yogi” Berra “When you reach the fork in the road, take it!” When he was in his late teens Lawrence Berra, or Lawdie, as he was called by his friends and family, went to the movies and saw a film with an Indian fakir and a yogi; his friends thought that he was the … Read more
Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez in 1999. Barry Bonds in 2001. Randy Johnson in 2002. These are the fantasy baseball seasons straight out of Heaven. The ones you remember forever. Seasons that can cause you to fall in love with Rotisserie baseball in a couple months. I’ve been on the right side of a few … Read more
1991 Baseball called for a lot of things – unmeasurable home runs, creative haircuts and some ridiculous outbursts. It was Spring Training in 1991 and the reigning NL MVP – Barry Bonds was coming off of a season that resembled one of current MLB Star – Mike Trout. Bonds tallied a .301 Batting Average, 33 … Read more
Can you imagine Bud Selig and the MLB if this happened in America… Check out this first pitch for the Lamigo Monkey’s who are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. This team rosters two American’s – SP Mike Loree, a former Giants 2007 Draft Pick, and Rommie Lewis. Lewis, a former 113th … Read more
Alex Rodriguez reportedly filed for an exemption to MLB that would allow himself to use PED’s during his 2007 MVP season. During that year, he swatted 54 home runs and drove in a career high 156 RBI’s while batting .314. Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts wrote in their new book, “Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis … Read more
